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Guidelines

  • NICE Guidelines NG59 Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management
  • NICE Guidelines CG75 Metastatic spinal cord compression in adults: risk assessment, diagnosis and management
  • BASS Standards of Care for Suspected and Confirmed Compressive Cauda Equina Syndrome
  • Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT Report on Spinal Services by Mike Hutton)
  • British Pain Society Website
  • Information for Adult Patients Prescribed Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS) for the Treatment of pain (2018)
  • Understanding and Managing Pain After Surgery – Information for patients and their carers (2017)
  • Opioids Aware: A resource for patients and healthcare professionals to support prescribing of opioid medicines for pain
  • Understanding and Managing Long-term Pain (2015)
  • Amitriptyline (2014)
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  • Managing your pain effectively using “Over the Counter” (OTC) Medicines (2010)
  • Spinal cord stimulation for pain: information for patients (2009)
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